How to prevent tendon injuries in triathletes?

Tendon injuries are common among triathletes. Popularly known as tendinitis, although this way of calling it is incorrect. During the last decade there have been important advances in the knowledge and treatment of these injuries.

 

 

 “For a long time we have been based on a wrong concept.”tendinitis", but currently we have enough data to affirm that in most tendonitis there is no inflammatory process, but there is a degenerative process, which is why tendinitis is currently called "tendinosis."

 

Why is the tendon injured?

The tendon cells live in permanent stress because they are responsible for transmitting forces and tensions between muscles and bones. That is why they are always in the process of repair. These cells repair and organize longitudinally to the tension they receive, never laterally. If the tension forces to which they are subjected are different from the direction of the tendon fibers, this will lead to a continuous repair-regeneration process in an altered direction, which will cause collagen disorganization.

 

This disorganization will cause areas of hypoxia, microneuromas and increased substance P, which are the causes of pain in tendon degeneration.

 

Recommendations to prevent it:

  • Use an adequate and controlled training load.
  • Material adapted to our anatomy and physical qualities (bicycle, shoes).
  • Biomechanical and neuromuscular training that balances the sporting gesture is important.
  • Increasing lumbo-pelvic stability will minimize lumbar problems, improve the transmission of forces at the extremities level and optimize the dynamics of swimming and running.
  • Increasing proprioceptive capacity will improve the neurophysiological circuits necessary for sports technique.
  • Delay fatigue with a good nutrition and hydration strategy.

 

Ferran Mirror

 

Director Advanced Unit Sports Recovery

 

Osteopath

FNR method

Hypopressive Method

Regenerative therapies

Visceral neuromyostatics

National Trainer Athletics

High performance specialist physiotherapist

 

Sport Research and Development in Women Athletic Sport

 

Running Therapy Center

 

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